Belgium (.be):
BE Belgian International Domain Registration
All our Belgian domain name prices include the maintenance & all other 3rd party fees during the registration period. There are no other costs involved when registering Belgian domain names, no transfer fees and no hidden costs.
Registration:
To register your Belgian domain name, click here!
Restrictions: Belgian domain name registration, None
Notes: Don't be put "www" or the Belgian domain name type, ie. "be", Thus for "www.101domains.be" enter "101domains" and no more.
Please remember that Belgian domain names can only contain the following letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, Spaces are NOT ALLOWED.
.be is the cctld for Belgium
Belgium domain names are registered directly under .be and and are available to anyone on a first come first served basis. There are no restrictions on registering .be domain names, you do not need a presence in the country.
Maximum length of a Belgium .be domain name is 63 characters.
.be is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belgium. The domain became active in 1989 and was administrated by Pierre Verbaeten of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. In 2000, the control of the TLD was transferred to DNS Belgium. As of late 2005, more than 470,000 domains were registered. The DNS perform the following tasks:
• organize all technical aspects related to the registration
• make agreements with registration agents
• stimulate standardization.
• coordinate domain name registration at a national level
• set up registration policies & procedures and rules and regulations
• organize quality assurance of domain name registration in Belgium
• represent .be in international regulatory bodies and work groups.
• follow the evolution of domain name technology.
• stimulate cooperation between Internet Service Providers.
It was announced in November 2005 that the initial registration of domains would be free until the beginning of 2006, though with some limits on the number any individual was allowed to register. This was remarkably popular, with some 17,000 registrations coming in on the first day of the promotion.
Domain names are registered directly at second level. Some of Belgian's main academic institutions, such as the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Université Libre de Bruxelles, use third-level names under ac.be, but others have abandoned its use (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universiteit Gent and Université Catholique de Louvain.
Below we show the domain statistics for DNS during 2009.
| Period | Total Registrations | New Registrations | Counted Hosts |
| Jan 2009 | 867715 | 18344 | 480112 |
| Feb 2009 | 879803 | 20351 | 483110 |
| Mar 2009 | 892267 | 21422 | 491557 |
| Apr 2009 | 904491 | 20681 | 492913 |
| May 2009 | 914334 | 17187 | 560037 |
| Jun 2009 | 924470 | 19454 | 561761 |
Any .be registration has to be ordered via a registered agent.
- Population is estimated to be 10,419,000 people
- Gross Domestic Product is $316.2 billion US Dollars
- Languages recognised in Belgium are German, French and Dutch
